Life Surfing

by Constantine

Years ago I used to have a repetitive dream about being engulfed by a giant wave and drowing in the ocean. Depending on the emotional temperature of my waking life, the ocean would vary in its color, intensity and size. Big emotional problems would be heralded by dark, stormy oceans and engulfing waves. Small stresses would be heralded by mild flooding and murky sea water.

Then one night instead of drowning in a tsunami sized wave in my dream-- I found myself surfing on it.

Today I found an ad for LifeSurfing classes at a school based in Chicago. They teach walking meditations, silent sitting and other excercises.

I don't live in Chicago unfortunately, so I can't go check these classes out. But I thought that the title 'LifeSurfing' and how it relates to my dream symbolism was brilliant piece of serendipity and wordplay. The funny part is that I used meditations to tame those nasty dream-tsunamis the stress in my daily life was creating.

Nice to know there are fellow 'Life Surfers' out there in the world...

| 11/28/06 | Practices